{"id":2165,"date":"2019-01-02T23:03:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T23:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/audioordeal.co.uk\/?p=2165"},"modified":"2019-01-02T23:19:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T23:19:18","slug":"leaked-akai-apc-live-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audioordeal.co.uk\/leaked-akai-apc-live-what-we-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked Akai APC Live – What We Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today a leak of the new Akai controller has been doing the rounds. Not only this, but the product seems to be true!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\nFor starters, we have a manual, but we also have a declaration of FCC authorisation and legal documentation.\ufeff<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will notice that some other sites which have reported on this product have linked to a manual that isn’t working.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The link above should hopefully work to the gateway, through which you can access the manual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the information here has been derived from the above link and is signed from inMusic Brands, Inc (the parent company).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may also be confused by the letter designation “APC” – lots of people seem to think it was Ableton Performance Controller, but perhaps it is just Akai Performance Controller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So what is it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From what we can see, it is a rough combination of the Ableton Push and the Akai MPC Live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While a lot of people out there are discussing whether this is an Ableton controller, or better, a controller with Ableton built-in, it doesn’t seem to be. For starters, there is no Ableton branding on it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Akai did build the original Push controller for Ableton, however Ableton took over for the Push 2 and Akai were no longer needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, Akai do have their own software which is ised in the latest MPC controllers such as the MPC Live seen above. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What this leaked controller seems to be is a different flavour of the MPC Live, using an Ableton-style layout and design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will mean we will see clip performance, like you would with Ableton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The controller’s documentation discusses “Matrix” view, which seems equivalent to Ableton Live’s Session View.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the manual…<\/h3>\n\n\n\n